jpdb beta

rule

2

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

2

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

3

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

3

Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone

1

parabola

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

-made; make

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

2

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

1

horizontal; level; even

1

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

2

Shouken

1

throw; throwing; throwing event

3

to ride upon the winds

1

aim

1

right in the center (centre)

1

to pierce; to penetrate

1

plastic bag

1

power; might; authority; influence

2

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

2

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

1

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

anyhow; in any case

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

feeble; faint; weak

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

1

first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon

2

bell (often globular)

1

clanging

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)

4

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

2

leather gloves

2

snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud

1

rim; brim; edge; brink

1